Day: August 8, 2018

pleasedontanalyzeme:

gottalovesteak:

magic-in-a-bottle:

teuthidactyl:

peaceheather:

beanmom:

ask-gallows-callibrator:

demon-sweets:

No. Just no. Ok?

So I used to make this joke all the time. Now I have chronic tinnitus. For those of you who don’t know what that is, it’s nerve damage in your ears which often comes as a result of being constantly exposed to very loud noise for a long period of time. The nerve damage results in a constant ringing/buzzing in your ears. So far there’s no cure. The severity of it varies, and I’m lucky to have a mild case, which I can barely hear during the day and is easy to block out at night. That said, loads of people with tinnitus aren’t so lucky. Severe tinnitus can’t be blocked out. Those who suffer from it also suffer from severe loss of sleep, depression, anxiety…. the list goes on. Tinnitus also comes with a degree of hearing loss in most cases, making it even harder to ignore. In fact, some people with severe tinnitus kill themselves just to make the ringing stop. Tinnitus can be so severe that it drives a person to suicide. Chronic tinnitus used to mostly be prevalent in older people who worked for years with loud machinery etc, but all of a sudden it’s becoming more common in our generation. Why? Because of people, like me, who listened to their music too goddamn loudly through their headphones.

Deaf by the time you’re 20? Please. That’s the least of your worries.

Please reblog. This post reminded me to move my music further away and turn it down. Someone else may need to be more cautious of their shit too.

Chronic mild tinnitus here, too, due to too many metal concerts in my youth.  Turn your headphones down a little.  Wear earplugs at concerts.  Protect your ears.

Your eyes have an iris that can shrink down, and eyelids that can squint shut, to protect them from light that is too bright. Your ears have NOTHING to block out sounds that are too loud. It’s up to you.

Tinnitus sufferer from drumline in high school checking in. These days I wear earplugs at concerts, rehearsals, clubs, and even movies sometimes. Get yourself a set that look like these ones:

Etymotics Research was one of the first companies I’m aware of to widely market with this
sort of ear plug, and they’re great, because they reduce noise fairly
evenly across the spectrum, and so you hear everything accurately, just
quieter.  While they’re certainly more expensive than the foam earplugs
that you see everywhere, they also are washable and last for months and
months, and sound great, if not better than without  for live music.  Please protect your ears.  There is no way to recover lost
hearing.

Apparently I had this. I just thought silence was a ringing sound

you also might have even been “born” with this. a lot of people with sensory issues (especially autistic or ADD/ADHD people) experience this when it’s silent around them but havent actually hurt their ears with music at all.

so its also a sensory processing thing and you can be “born” with it (aka develop with it in childhood) like i have

My family kinda laughs at how low I keep my headphones, but if they are any higher it triggers the ringing for me.

Source: demon-sweets

Would you kindly give me a run-down on executive dysfunction? There is no reliable resources in my mother tongue and I question if my “I decide to go shower but don’t” and “I decide to sleep but don’t” qualify despite me being on my mobile instead of doing what I set my mind on and what I WANT to do. I’m often tired and want to sleep but instead keep chatting with people or browsing tumblr.

mentalillnessmouse:

Hey anon,

Thanks for your question! Executive dysfunction means that your brain doesn’t do executive functions quite right. Some executive functions include:

  • planning 
  • organization
  • monitoring performance
  • self-awareness
  • multi-tasking
  • problem solving 
  • learning rules and social behavior
  • motivation
  • controlling your emotions
  • concentrating
  • taking in information

So that’s a lot of stuff. Sounds like it effects basically everything, right? Well, like a lot of mental health/psychiatric symptoms, executive dysfunction affects everyone differently and presents everyone different challenges.

This website is focused on brain injuries, but it has a lot of good information and a run down on how executive dysfunction can manifest itself in relation to each of the executive functions.

What you describe as “I want to shower but don’t” could definitely be due to executive dysfunction. Executive dysfunction often causes issues with initiating activities (like getting up to go shower) and organizing activities (figuring out what you need to have a shower, and doing it).

More executive dysfunction resources:

If you think you’re having issues with executive dysfunction, I strongly suggest you talk to a therapist or other mental health professional. They can help you figure out exactly what’s going on and strategies for how to deal with executive dysfunction if that’s what you’re struggling with.

~mod Gwyn

dendroica:

“Besides advocating for friends’ interests, some of the Mar-a-Lago Crowd’s interventions served their own purposes. Starting in February 2017, Perlmutter convened a series of conference calls with executives at Johnson & Johnson, leading to the development of a public awareness campaign about veteran suicide. They planned to promote the campaign by ringing the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange around the time of Veterans Day. The event also turned into a promotional opportunity for Perlmutter’s company. Executives from Marvel and its parent company, Disney, joined Johnson & Johnson as sponsors of the Veterans Day event at the stock exchange. Shulkin rang the closing bell standing near a preening and flexing Captain America, with Spider-Man waving from the trading pit, and Marvel swag distributed to some of the attendees. “Generally the VA secretary or defense secretary don’t shill for companies,” the leader of a veterans advocacy group said.”

— The Shadow Rulers of the VA — ProPublica